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WAR SI
A. 33it of History Com
of Civil
Tlie question as to how (Jen. .John
II. Morgan, the Confederate raider
who was shot at I lie little village of
Greenville, in eastern Tennessee, on
September 4, 1804, came to his death
has long boen a much argued one.
Many Southern writers in reviewing
his death have taken thc stand that
he was in reality murdered, being shot
down by Union soldiers after he had
surrendered. Thc other version < fthc
story, and what seems rather to be thc
correct one, relates that he was killed
while resisting capture, having already
fired his pistol and being just in the
act of firing again.
In an account of General Morgan's
death which occurs in thc "History of
Morgan's Cavalry," published in 1807
by Gen. Basil W. Duke, who was a
personal friend of thc Confederate
leader and who served under him, thc
following statement is made:
His friends have always believed
that he was murdered after his .sur
render. Certain representations by
the parties who killed him and tho
brutality with which his body was
treated iuduced the belief-and it was
notorious that his death, if captured,
had been sworn. Il ir. slayers broke
down the pailing fence around tho gar
den, dragged him througu and ?chile
he was tossing his arms in his dying
agonies threw him across a mulo and
paraded his body about the town,
buouting and screaming in savage ex
ultation."
This from tho pen of General Duke
may perhaps be tainted somewhat by
the friend of Morgan. Or it may be a
logical result of that bitter sectional
feeling which prevailed at thc time it
was written.
George T. Wassom, who formerly
lived at Knoxville, Tenn., but now of
230G Wabash avenue, this city, has in
his possession a newspaper clipping
which seems to bo a true account of
the oveot. The story waB first pub
lished in the Abingdon Virginian in
1864, a few days after General Mor
gan's death. Abingdon, W. Va., is a
Bmall town not far from Greenville,
Tenn. Mr- Wassom also tells of see
ing General Morgan. It was when thc
latter with II?B hand of raiders passed
through Scioto county, O., whero Mr.
Wassom, then but a lad, lived on a
farm. This was during the raid which
so terrified the North and which at
Once mado and lost a name for General
Morgan.
A bright mid-summer's Bun beat
down upon the dry, hot earth, as if
adding its fierceness to tho struggle
then raging between tho dividod sec
tions of kindredoountry. Morgan and
his men had been riding very hard for
several days, for the little bands of
determined State militia were trying
eagerly to hem them in and take
them. From Mr. Wassom's houso the
long filo of brazened sons of tho South
could bo seen riding swiftly across
tho fields, taking down fences as they
went and leaving a heavy cloud of
(?.'st hanging lazily in the air behind
Lb u like smoke from a battlefield.
General Morgan, with several officers
of his staff, left the head of tho col
umn whore ho was riding and cantered
toward the house. They were vory
courteous in asking a drink of well
water to cool their parchod throats.
The barefoot Wassom boy perched
idly on the rail fenco, little guessed at
that moment that the dark-haired sol
dier with piercing eyes who sat on his
horse so ereot, though covered with
dust and unmistakable signs of hard
travel, was none other than General
Morgan himself, so much beloved by
his South.
Tho following is tho account of Gen
eral Morgan's death, in Mr. Wassom's
poBsession, aa it was written a few
days after it occurred:
"OD Saturday, tho 3rd inst., accom
panied by the brigades of Giltner,
Holtner and Smith, a detachment of
Vaughn's, with four pieces of artil
lery, General Morgan and his stA?
approached thc town of Greenville,
Tenu. Scouts had brought the infor
mation that thc enemy was not nearer
than Bull's Gap, 10 miles distant, and
in addition a guard had bcon sent into
the village to reconnoiter. Upon tho
report of tho entire absence of tho
enemy, Cassel"s battalion, command
ed by Capt. J. M. Clark, together with
four guns, were posted some 300 or
400 yards from tho court houso, when
General Morgan and his staff entered
and established headquarters at tho
residence of Mrs. Dr. Williams, near
the cen tor of the town. Young Mrs.
Williams (daughter-in-law of tho lady
at whose house General Morgan had
his headquarters), disappeared. A
soont was sent out, but he oould not
find her, and, as she returned with
the et.erny the next morning, it ap
pears she had ridden all the way to
Bull's Gap and given information of
Morgan's whereabouts and the strength
Of the guard.
rORIES.
cernina the IDark Days
Conilict.
f "Precautions had been taken to pro
' vent the egress of prisoners who might
'. convey information to the enemy and
all the roads and avenues were pickct
eJ. After visiting the camps and sec
inn that pickets had been duly posted,
General Morgan and his stall, at a late
hour ol' the night, retired to rest. He
in;.' greatly fatigued, they slept very
, soundly, and were startled from their
slumbers about <! o'clock on Sunday
morning by thc cider Mrs. Williams,
who informed them that the Yankees
hud surrounded the huu.se. The gene
; ral and his s-taff at once sprang from
their beds, armed themselves and
: rushed out at the opposite dour to
i that at which the Yankees were tliun
! ing
"On the side of thc house where
j they escaped there is a great doa! of
foliage and a vineyard. These, to
gether with thc basement of the old
hotel at the southwestern extremity of
the grounds, enabled them to conceal
themselves for a time, but tho Yan
kees by this time began to appear so
thick and fast around them that con
cealment became hopeless, and they
rushed out to fight their way through,
in hope of succor and assistance from*
thc battalion so near at hand.
''The officers with General Morgan
were Major Gassett, Captains With
ers, Hogers and Clay, and a young
gentleman by thc name of Johnson, a
clerk in tho offico of tho adjutant gen
eral. At this time they were all, ox
cept Withors and Clay, in tho base
ment of the old hotel occupied by
Mrs. Fry, (wife of tho notorious bush
whacker and murderer, now in our pos
session), who waB all the time calling
to the Yankees, informing them of tho
hiding place of tho 'rebels.'
"Seeiug escapo was almost hopeless,
General Morgan directed Major Gas
sett to examine and seo if there was
any chanco of escape from tho front
of thc basement into thu street. Ma
jor GaBsett looked out and replied
there was a chance, but it was a des
perate ono, which General Morgan did
not hear, as at that instant tho Yan
kees charged up to the fence separat
ing the hotel from Mrs. Williams'
grounds, when tho general, with Major
Gassett, Captain Hogers and Mr. ?
Johnson, sprang out in thc direction
of tho vineyard, whero the latter were
captured and the general killed. The
latter had just fired his pistol and was
in thc act of firing again when ho fell.
Captain Withers and Clay had not
boen able to get out of the house and
had concealed themselves or nour it.
Major Gassett, in tho meantime,
sought shelter in tho basement and
vineyard alternately, but could not
eludo the vigilanco of Mrs. Fry, who
was all thc timo directing attention to
his whereabouts.
Being the only rebel left-Withers
and Clay having been discovered and
betrayed by a negro-Major Gassett's
ingenuity was put to work to avoid
capture. Mrs. Fry knew ho was in
the basement, and tho Yankees wero
as thick around him as snakes in har
vest. After passing to and fro several
times between tho basement and the
garden, all thc time under fire, he
finally took shelter in tho former, and
at an auspicious moment sprang into
I the street, gave Mrs. Fry a parting
blessing in his exit, mounted a horse
hitohed near by and made his esoapc.
A great many shots were fired by the
Yankees, but the only ono that took
effect was the one which killed Gener
al morgan, piercing his right breaBt
and ranging through diagonally.
Withere, Rogers, Clay and Johnson
aro now, wo presumo > in a Yankee
prison, and Major Gassett is again on
duty with his command.
"The general was determined never
to Burrondcr, and told members of his
staff they must not givo up. He was
heard to soy: 'They havo got UB,
sure,' when he drew his pistol and
commenced firing. After General
Morgan had been killed tho unfeeling
brutes who murdered him threw his
lifeless body across a horse and parad
ed it through tho street. His body
was subsequently sent through tho
lines by a flag of truce."
Tho account of tho killing of Gen
oral Morgan is no doubt authentic and
shows conclusively that he was not
killed after he had surrendered, as
stated by General Duke and other
writers. Then, again, bc was not
murdered; he wasjrilled iu open bat
tle when "he had just fired his pistol
and was in thc aof of firing again when
he foll.** It has boon stated by Union
officers that his body was earriod out
of the camp for identification and was
carried on a ho?"" beoause there was
no ambnlanoe handy, and no time to
get one.-Kansas City Star.
- The average woman may not be
able to love three men. simultaneous
ly, but ehe cas make z. generous ViuS
at it.
in Hooker's Hear at Chancellorsville.
Editor Atlantao Journal: I am much
interested in your close call depart
ment, and would like to give one of
my many "close calls."
1 was an humble private in Co. II,
14th S. C. V., McGowan's brigade,
Hill's division, Jackson's corps.
I was on hand and helped to raise
that "rucus" on Hooker's right and
rear at Chancellorsville. Thc next
morning after ttie driving in of thc
YankccH, McGowan's brigade was or
dered forward. In the course of tho
morning we charged a battery a short
distance southwest of Chancellors
ville, and to all appearances it was
ours. The gunners had left their
pieces-wo being in less- than twenty
steps of them-but here was the fatal
moment. A regiment of Yankees just
across the Orango court house road
executed what wc would call "Change
front-forward! on 10th company,
movement," and enfiladed us and
caused our men to fall back. I
thought at the moment that our mon
would rally and come again, so I lit
into a rille pit and shot ouce into the
battery, which had commenced firing
again, and shot twice at tho command
ing officer who did tho mischief.
Glancing back to see if any rallying
was being doue, I saw our men rising
a little hill some two hundred yards in
thc rear, and still going. Then vis
ious of Fort Delaware began to flit
across my mind; the cannon were cov
ering mc up in their smoke, and I
knew if there came a lull they would
see mc, and then they would want
Johnnie to come in. So I picked my
self up and lit out, and the line that
did the mischief opened a scattering
fire on me. I was running tho gaunt
let, as it were, but I made it without
u scratch! It seemed like I could
smell the bullets. I was amero youth
-scarcely seveuteon-having volun
teered at fifteen, and consequently did
not possibly have good judgment, but
I had enough to keep away from the
Yankees if my heeta could carry me
out. This was my closest call, not to
get hurt.
I want to say a word for a brave
Yankee regiment at Gettysburg. The
Yankees had been driven baok to the
Seminary, when Colonel Perrin, com
manding the brigade, was ordered to
put his brigade forward-which he
did in gallant stylo-breaking the line
in tho Seminary grounds, gaining the
flank, and well nigh the rear, of a
regiment and battery posted in the
road. They fell back, exposed to tho
fire of ono or two companies, but prin
cipally Co. II, of the 14th S. C. Wo
Buoceodcd in killing a horse or two of
tho battery, and while they stopped a
moment to out tho traces we shot
down their colors, whioh were left.
Thoy kept splendid order and only
one man fired a shot at us. In this
battle, my company wont in with 28
men: had one killed and 19 wounded.
I was one of the wounded.
J. T. Plunkett,
Late Co. II, 14th S. C. V., A. N. V.
An Experience Near Richmond.
Editor Atlanta Journal: Tho enemy
had been trying to flank us out of our
works all day, and we had left several
of our regiments along the line on
picket duty. When, late in the after
noon on the 27th day of October,
18G4, as tho enomy was advancing, the
Ninth and Eleventh Georgia regiments
rushed in just in time to s.-\vo our
works.
We wero four or fivo miles below
Richmond on the north sido of the
James Uiver.
We fired several shots into the ene
my aud they squatted in au old brick
yard, and since night was rapidly ad
vancing we were very anxious to cap
If the woman at work should make
answer to the other woman, she might,
perhaps, say : w You never had to scrub
and clean when your back ached so that
it seemed that every movement vrould
break it in two.? It's bad enough for a
woman to suffer. But when she must
suffer and slave at the same time she
readies the limit of her endurance.
Weak women who have been made
strong by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription, recommend it to others
as a godsend. It establishes regularity,
dries weakening drains, heals inflamma
tion and ulceration and cures female
weakness.
?I have been niling some time sow, beisa
troubled with female weakness," writea Mra.
Wm. H. Johnson, of Avondale, Chester Co., Pa.
?Kverv month I would have to He on my back.
I tried many different medicines and nothing
gave me relief until I began Dr. Pierce's medi
cines, using two bottles ol ' Favorite Prescrip
tion * and two of 'Golden Medical Discovery.'
These mcdidnea nave cured me. Witto X began
your treatment I was not able to do vcty mach,
but now I do the work for my fa tu try of nine,
and feel better to-day than I have for a year." it
I Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet? curs bil
; iousscss sad sick headache. .They t
not create the pill habit
ture them beforo they could get away.
Then it waa that twenty-two private
soldiers, composed of men from the
Ninth and Eleventh Georgia regi
ments, volunteered to go out and take
them, and wo brought in four stands
of colors and GOO men.
One feature of tho act was no doubt
impressed upon every one who re
members thc deed, and that was that
among tho men we captured there was
thc tallest man I over saw. He was
also a lieutenant colonel of one of thc
regiments we captured. I now know
of only three of the twenty-two men;
they are Tom Hancock, Harris county;
Harrison Barnes, Meriwether county,
and J. L. Wen thors, Stewart county.
I would bc glad to hear from more of
thc men and bavo some of them give
the names of others until thc cutir?
list is gottou up.
.J. L. Wenthers,
Color Hearer, Co. E, Ninth Ga, Keg.
Union, (ia., Stewart County.
Flying Machine in Ten Years.
Sir Hiram Maxim contributes tho
following article to a London daily
paper:
"Whether Santos-Dumont succeeds
in making a practical dirigible balloon,
which can bo successfully navigated
or not, he certainly has done muoh to
start the ball rolling, and to again call
attention to the subject of aeriel navi
gation. The would-be navigators of
the s r are, and always have been,
divided into two distinct groups
those who seek to navigate the air by
machines lighter than the air, bal
loons; and those who believe in ma
chines heavier than the air; that is,
true flying machines.
"A balloon of tho ordinary type,
whioh merely rises in the air and trav
els with the wind, is an exceedingly
simple apparatus, but an elongated
balloon, provided with motive power,
although it cannot be considered as a
complicated machine, is nevertheless
a very delicate and fragile apparatus;
but as the apparatus is lighter th.^n
the air in whioh it floats, it does not
have to be provided with any outBido
lifting apparatus, whioh is a neces
sary part of the true flying machine.
"When a balloon is once in the air,
the aeronaut has plenty of time to ex
periment with his motors and screws.
He can stop or str.rb, go fast or slow,
and steer to the right or left at will,
without any danger of a sudden drop
to tho earth; but with a true flying
machine the lifting effect must be
produced by wings, blades or aero
planes, which run over the air at a
very high speed, and raise themselves
and tho machine by pressing the air
downward after the manner of a kite.
With such an apparatus a high speed
of tho planes or blades is a sine qua
non, otherwise no lifting effect is pro
duced, and as the apparatus is very
muoh heavier than the air its natural
tendency is always toward the earth,
and any hitch or stoppage in the ma
chinery must result in a fall more or
less rapid in proportion to the size of
the blades or aeroplanes. Moreover,
a true flying machine has to be steer
ed in a vortical as well as in a horizon
tal direotion.
* "It will, thoreforo, be seen that the
the difficulty in prod ..oing a true fly*
ing maohine is infinitely greater than
that encountered in, producing a diri
gible balloon. Still, I am of the opinion
that the dirigible balloon of the San
tos-Dumont type will lead to the de
velopment of a true flying machino
in whioh the gas bog will be elimina
ted.
"Experiments have shown that
there are a great number of days in
the year on whioh the wind is blow
ing upward of 20 miles an hour at
only a short distance above the sur
face of the earth, and unless - an
apparatus is made whioh will travel
a velooity considerably greater than
this, it would, of course, be impos
sible to make any headway against
such a wind.
Admitting that a maohine would
have to travel through the air at a
rate of 30 miles an hour in order not to
be at the mercy of the wind, we should
find that at such a speed one thous
and pounds of aeroplane would lift
quite as much as one thousand pounds
of material in a balloon, and, more
over, the aeroplane would require
vastly less power to drive them
through the air than the balloon, even
admitting that a balloon could be made
strong enough to stand a wind velooity
of 30 miles an hour, whioh is extre
mely doubtful.
"In nearly all the experiments
with elongated navigable dirigible
balloons, electricity has been employ
ed as the motive of power, and on ac
count of its great weight the powor
at the disposal of the aeronaut has
been extremely small. With the ad
vent, however, of tho very light pet
roleum end gasoline motors for motor
carriages whioh have now reached a
vory high degree of development, it is
possible to obtain light motors de
veloping a great deal cf powor-that
is, we aro now able to produoo motors
whioh will give off the power of a
horse hile whav ing only the weight
of a large barnyard fowl.
"A goose, which ia muoh heavier
than a fowl, manages to fly very well
with an expenditure of about one
tenth part ox a horse-power.
1 "Up to a few yean ago steel was
the strongest material fer its weight
which could bo obtained, but recent
experiments with aluminum have
shown that this light metal oan be
made quite as strong as wrought iron
by the addition of e uother light metal
-magnesium; that the compound is
lighter than pure aluminum, and that
it has the tensile strength and stiff
ness of wrought iron. Thus the en
gineer is put in possession of a very
light and powerful motor, and a light
and strong material quite unobtain
able only a few years ago.
"With these improvements it now
becomes relatively an easy matter to
construct a flying machine, and I feel
sure that such machines will make
their appearance and become a part
of the military armament of the nation
inside of the next tou years. Experi
ments with flying machiues aro enor
mously expensive; in fact, the expense
is too great to be borne by a siuglo in
diuidual of modern means.
"I think wc can truly say with
Lord Rayleigh that flying machines
arc only a question of a lot of time
and a lot of money, and at thc present
moment I am saving up my pennies
in order to enable me to have another
bite at the same old cherry."
Farmer Surprised His Wife.
The surprising manner in which a
farmer in Fulton county, Kentuoky,
surprised his estimable wife is thus
related by the Fulton Leader:
"A good story is ..old of a farmer
living eas? of Fulton, who wore his
old suit, the one that Noah left in the
ark, till every one was Iii cd of it, uuu
his estimable wife was almost asham
ed of the hustling farmer who had
been inside of it so long. But one
day recently he came to Fulton to sell
his produce and while in town he de
termined to buy a new suit and, hap
py thought! surprise Eliza. So he
bundled a neat suit in the wagon and
drove homeward. It was after night
as be hurried home, and at the bridge
near Boaz Chapel he stood up in the
wagon and 'peeled' and threw the de
spised old suit into the river. Then
he reached for his clothes. They
were gone-had jolted out of the
wagon. The night was cold and bia
teeth chattered as he hurried home.
He surprised Eliza even moro than he
anticipated." *
Small Pox.
This dreadful disease is now very
prevalent in all parts cf the country,
and, as exposure to its malignant
breath is liable to occur at any timo
no matter how careful we may be, it
behooves everyone to take proper pre
cautions to prevent the germs from
affecting the body. The dootors say
that pure blood, good digestion and
regular bowel movements materially
aid the body in resisting attaok, heuoe
it ip the course of wisdom to purify
and strengthen the system without
delay. A moBt effective remedy for
thie purpose, one that combines the
necessary properties for purifying the
blood, strengthening the kidneys, ton
ing up the digestive organs and for
cleansing and regulating the bowels
will be found in that well known sys
tem tonio and purifier, Prickly Ash
Bitters. This valuable remedy is the
right thing for putting the body in
shape to resist the effect of exposure
to Small Pox. No one will koowing
ingly expose himself to this disease.
The exposure usually takes place when
it is least expected, therefore the
need for precautionary measures is
the more urgent. It is safe to say
that the frequent use of Prickly Ash
Bittere while the disease is so preva
lent will keep the body in suoh fine
physical condition that no ordinary
exposure will affect it. Evans Phar
macy. __ _
His Last Resort.
A certain member of the legal pro
fession, whose name is omitted for
reasons that will an near obvious, was
asked some years ugo by a young
negro to defend him on the charge, of
murder.
"How much money have you got?"
asked the lawyer.
"None, sah."
"Any friends or relatives who'd
raise some for you?"
"None," desparingly oried the ne
gro. "Pee got nobody ter como t' me
aid."
"Humph," muttered ?he attorney;
"say, you don't want a lawyer. Y ou
want a minister."--PhiladelphiaTimea.
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- A Kentuoky man has been sent
to jail for having 13 wives. He ohould
have been sent to the asylum.
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